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3. Social and Cultural 6. Text barriers Details
barriers Details Text Barriers Barriers that affect people with learning disabilities, making it difficult to access written text and information.
Social and Cultural Barriers experienced by people from different social and cultural backgrounds that prevent them from accessing services. Definition
Barriers Definition Types of Text Unable to read or find complex information difficult, find it difficult to read signs giving directions, difficult to read lots of
Lack of awareness: Not knowing symptoms are serious, not knowing available services. Barriers information at once, easily distracted and hard to concentrate.
Types of Social and Differing cultural beliefs: Different needs based on diet, prayer times, gender preferences.
Cultural Barriers Social stigma: Seen negatively due to circumstances. Effects of Text Make it harder for people to get the care and support they need, understand information, and concentrate on reading and
Fear of loss of independence: Reluctance to seek help to avoid losing independence. Barriers filling out forms.
Effects of Social and Prevent people from accessing services, lead to misdiagnosis, make people feel scared or embarrassed, make people reluctant to seek help. Overcoming Use advocates, communication cards, quiet clinics, easy read leaflets, health passports, learning disability nurses, longer
Cultural Barriers Text Barriers appointments to explain information.
Lack of awareness: Run awareness campaigns, distribute posters and leaflets.
Overcoming Social and Differing cultural beliefs: Respect needs, offer food choices, collaborate with community groups, arrange tests around prayer times. 7. Financial barriers Details
Cultural Barriers Social stigma: Educate about stigmatised conditions, use posters in waiting rooms. Financial Barriers Barriers that prevent people from affording the services they need, even with free health services available in the UK.
Fear of loss of independence: Work with people to stay independent, help them make choices, encourage self-help.
Definition
4. Language barriers Details Types of Financial Charges for some services, cost of prescriptions, costs of travel, childcare costs, loss of income from taking time off work.
Language Barriers Barriers that make it hard for people to communicate, particularly affecting those who speak English as an additional language or have language or Barriers
Definition speech impairments. Effects of Financial Lead to people not accessing necessary services, loss of income, inability to pay for services not covered by NHS.
Doctors using jargon, people having an accident or being in a country where they don't speak the language, patients speaking little English, speech Barriers
Types of Language Barriers
impairments, care providers using slang, information leaflets in one language. Overcoming Financial Charitable schemes for free or low-cost travel, NHS exemption certificates, NHS Low Income Scheme, NHS Healthcare Travel
Effects of Language Barriers Costs Scheme, support with childcare, free prescriptions for certain conditions.
Barriers Make it difficult to communicate needs, understand patient's needs, and understand information given.
Overcoming Language Use advocates, explain medical information in simpler terms, train staff on language difficulties, avoid slang, provide information in multiple
Barriers languages, use interpreters, hold group meetings for other language speakers.

5. Geographical barriers Details
Geographical Barriers
Definition Barriers that make it difficult for people to get from their home to the services they need, usually related to distance from the service.
No car parking, expensive car parking or public transport, infrequent public transport, long walk from car park or bus stop, long journey time, unsafe
Types of Geographical Barriers
routes, no direct transport link.
Effects of Geographical Particularly affect those who can't drive, don't have access to good public transport, or are less mobile and can't manage long journeys.
Barriers
Overcoming Geographical
Barriers Offer free parking, use community transport schemes, offer home visits, set up telehealth schemes, do community visits, establish local clinics.